Tuesday, April 25, 2017

(Rome, Italy)- This past weekend saw sailing activity taking place in
two of the Italian peninsula’s signature resort/ yachting destinations.
One was on the alpine lake of Lago di Caldonazzo in the north and the
other was off Arzachena on the island of Sardinia.

Lago di Caldonazzo/ Valcanover
They were two beautiful sailing days for the dozen J/24s that were
sailing on Lake Caldonazzo for the Trofeo Autopergine. The
Associazione Velica Trentino hosted the event.

Commented Ale Ferrara from the host club, “As usual, after Saturday's
races, there was a big party where all the sailors share their ‘war
stories’ from their day of sailing on the water. Fine wines augmented
the conversations and an equally excellent dinner offered by the club,
thanks to the excellent catering offered by the Hotel Valcanover next
door. The sailors clearly enjoyed the entire evening!”

After posting a record of two 1sts and three 2nds in six races, it was
an easy victory for Dario Cattarozzi’s crew on ITA 182 J-JAM, claiming
the title for the Trofeo Autopergine. In second and third place,
respectively, was Giuliano Cattarozzi on ITA 432 KASTER with 11 pts and
Giuseppe De Mori on ITA 49 EOS with 14 pts.

Arzachena/ Palau
The Club Nautico Arzachena (http://www.clubnauticoarzachena.it),
situated on the beautiful harbor of Palau, played host to the talented
fleet of local crews.

"After the customary preparations, the boats were heading towards the
sailing area located between the islands of La Maddalena, Spargi and
Santa Maria,” explained Fleet Captain Marco Whirring. “The light wind
from the northeast permitted three races to take place on the first day.
There was no favored side of the course due to the tremendous wind
shifts. As a result, three races produced three different winners! The
RC Chairman, Sandro Ricetto and his team (Giovanni Porcu, Karin
Paternost, Francesca Campus and Salvatore Corda) waited patiently for
all boats to finish each race, made quick adjustments, then fired off
another race quickly! They are to be commended for their first-class
management of the races!”

The star of the weekend was Davide Gorgerion’s ITA 431 LIN CARLISLE with
just 8 pts. Second was ITA 318 NORTEOESTE with 10 pts and third was
Lucio Balzano’s ITA 4 SAINT LUCIA with 12 pts. Just behind them in
fourth and fifth, respectively, were ITA 405 SURRAU VIGNE and ITA 460
BOTTA LIGNE.